Easter Message for the LGBTQ+ community during lockdown from Rev. Michael Hydes Easter Message for the LGBTQ+ community during lockdown from Rev. Michael Hydes By Michael Hydes • 2 min read
Arts ‘Pull a cracker’ Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus@The Dome Once again the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus have led us into the Christmas spirit with their annual Christmas show. This year the show was called ‘Pull a Cracker’ and was certainly full of the sparkle and snappy explosions you expect from a good box of Christmas Crackers. It was great to be back at the By Michael Hydes • 2 min read
Arts MUSIC REVIEW: Brighton and London Gay Men’s Choruses Is this a biased review of the London to Brighton concert that was brought to us on Friday evening by the Brighton Gay Men’s Chorus and the London Gay Men’s Chorus? By Michael Hydes • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Brighton Fringe: Am I F#*kable? The play begins with a montage of dating scenes spread over the generations and then plunges into some of the various dating and relationship challenges faced in today’s world. By Michael Hydes • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Brighton Fringe: Rainbow Chorus Sing Out Sing out is certainly what the Rainbow Chorus did on Monday evening. A fringe event that was a taster of their June concert, it was also a window into the workings of The Rainbow Chorus, and a chance to feel what it’s like to sing in a choir. By Michael Hydes • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: Collabro at Brighton Centre It’s not even been two years since the boys of Collabro won Britain’s Got Talent, but this show was proof that they’ve come a long way. Their ‘Act Two’ tour is based on their second album of the same name. It’s an eclectic mix that includes Mumford and Sons’ I will wait, Kodaline’s All I want, Queen By Michael Hydes • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Women of Troy Ella Turk-Thompson suggests that Euripides would have been “baffled and probably horrified” by the way Women of Troy had been interpreted for a modern audience. I don’t agree. I think he’d have been proud. By Michael Hydes • 1 min read
Arts REVIEW: Rocky Horror Show: Theatre Royal Brighton For just a moment, when Frankinfurter entered stage centre through a pair of doors, I was disappointed. I wanted an elevator with an iron grated folding door just like you see in the movie. But then I was almost instantly captured by the fresh cheeky character that grabbed and held the audience thro By Michael Hydes • 2 min read